November 3, 2021

With so much at stake for women and for equality, Ms. will be reporting on policy initiatives and progress within Congress and the Biden-Harris administration—as well as tracking the backlash to equality. Every Wednesday, we will keep you updated, informed and ready to push forward!

ICYMI: Most Powerful Moments and Takeaways From the Congressional Hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment [[link removed]]

BY MS. EDITORS | On Thursday, October 21, advocates testified before the House Oversight & Reform Committee on the Equal Rights Amendment, including president of Feminist Majority, Ellie Smeal; actor and activist Alyssa Milano; Virginia state Senator Jennifer McClellan; president and CEO of the ERA Coalition, Carol Jenkins; founder of the TransLatin@ Coalition, Bamby Salcedo; and constitutional law scholar Victoria Nourse.

During the hearing, members of Congress and ERA advocates outlined the need for the ERA and detailed how it has met the amending process requirements, as outlined in Article V of the Constitution, and therefore should be immediately added as the 28th Amendment. They testified on the dramatic impacts the amendment would have on women, people of color and the trans community, and how the proposed 28th Amendment could help shore up gaps in abortion access.

As a collective, the testimony made a legal, constitutional and ethical case for one demand: ERA now.
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What we're reading
We know it's hard to keep up with everything going on in the world right now. That's why going forward, we'll provide a weekly roundup of the stories we think are important that Ms. may not have covered. Here's what we're reading this week:

"Op-Ed: The Texas abortion ban is already harming reproductive rights beyond Texas" — The LA Times [[link removed]]

"'The Liberty Way': How Liberty University Discourages and Dismisses Students’ Reports of Sexual Assaults" — ProPublica [[link removed]]

"How the US fails to take away guns from domestic abusers: ‘These deaths are preventable’" — The Guardian [[link removed]]

"‘I Want to Continue My Education’" — The Fuller Project, Rukhshana Media [[link removed]]

"You Can Still Say ‘Woman.’ But you shouldn’t stop there. — Intelligencer [[link removed]] (by last week's podcast guest Irin Carmon!)

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Tune in for a new episode of Ms. magazine's podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin on Apple Podcasts [[link removed]] + Spotify [[link removed]] .
It's been a year since Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. Dr. Goodwin is joined by journalist and author Irin Carmon to discuss: How did RBG's death shape the current fight around abortion rights and other issues? Should she have retired? And what comes next at the Supreme Court?
We hope you'll listen, subscribe, rate and review today!



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